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QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Feb 28, 2005 -> 01:44 AM) I'll bring the Viagra! Is Dole trying to look down Clinton's shirt?

BTW, the new Mars Volta CD is excellent. Cheaper at Target than on iTunes.

Some styles of music require more attention to lyrics than others. Using an extreme example, most Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, etc. tunes needed strong attention to lyrics. Other styles need more attention to dance-ability, beat, etc. Just saying . . .

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 1, 2005 -> 11:11 AM) CPA's are good Tex (shameless plug here) Seriously, if a CPA can't save you what you pay them, they're not the best CPA. Sometimes, a CPA can give you ideas that generate enough money to triple what you pay them over a year. I'm a big fan of CPAs and Lawyers. I am not a big fan of a "book keeper" who charges 500 dollars to send out 25 invoices, balance the checkbook, and send out payroll. I can cut the invoices in under an hour a month total, balance a checkbook is a breeze with Quickbooks, and payroll services for small businesses are dirt cheap now. The key is working with a CPA before getting too far down the road. This business is going to be a challenge based on some current situations. My wife, son, and daughter will be helping at various times. I am starting to think about the tax implications of paying my son versus a big, jumbo, allowance. Doesn't every kid get a $200 per week allowance?

QUOTE(Stocking @ Feb 28, 2005 -> 05:23 PM) I got into the health thing of late and am going to run the shamrock shuffle. Has anyone ran this event and what can I expect? If this is your first road race, have fun and enjoy the sites. Unless you are a top college runner, grab a spot in the back and force yourself to go out slow for the first mile or two (I assume this is a 10k). Then spend the next 4 miles passing people and saying hello. Save the racing for down the road.

QUOTE(winodj @ Mar 1, 2005 -> 10:25 AM) That was one of his arguments in his dissenting opinion. That's funny coming from the guy that tried to keep my sexuality illegal. It wasn't you personally it was the other immoral, going straight to hell, heathens Until our legal system is perfect, our labs are perfect, our judges and juries are perfect, we should stop all executions.

Bunch of morons who know nothing about baseball. At least if they post anonymously that's what some of our members will think

I like the Phil article better and it highlights their journalistic differences. Jay clearly enjoys taking swipes are JR and Co. Phil seemed more matter of fact about it. Still Oz deserves this and it will blow over by Thursday unless Oz keeps it alive. Funny and sad stuff.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 1, 2005 -> 10:39 AM) To interface with quickbooks you will need something a little more robust, but not as fancy as some of these programs are. I think if you got a middle of the road shareware program (not more then $50) you will get your results. A good friend of mine from the corporate wars, pulled his escape chute and bought and greatly expanded a lawn care company. He's got four rigs running around the Rio Grande Valley and uses a real top of the line program. I love some of the features but spending $1000 is silly for my application at this time. I also need something that will link to my Palm. I want instant access. As I am reaquanting myself with Quickbooks, I am marveling at all they accomplished with a couple hundred dollar package. I've already eliminated about $2,000 a year in expenses that the previous owner was spending on book keeping and payroll. That was on top of his CPA and legal costs. I need to keep the CPA and probably expand his role in all this, but not using Quickbooks Deluxe payroll solution seems like a waste of money.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 1, 2005 -> 10:01 AM) Both Marriotti and Rogers have similar articles this morning, which exposes Ozzie as being full of it. If the White Sox organization needs or wants to respond to Magglio's comments, they would be better served not having it's mouthpiece being someone who,at least at one time, felt exactly the same way Magglio is feeling, and is on record stating that. IMHO, the major difference is Maggs was offered contracts, Oz was not. Something Jay, I am certain, realized and ignored. While they said the same thing, I will give OZ some slack for having more of a case than Maggs. There isn't a bigger Maggs suppporter here, but it's time for Maggs to STFU and play hard for the Tigers. The Sox offered about as good of a contract as they could. Could he have gotten even more? Yes, and he proved it. I thought both sides did their best, and fouls were not flagerant until ST started. Then Maggs opened the can of whoop ass and it's going to turn on him. The best thing he could do to stick it to the Sox is not with his mouth but on the field. Make the All-Star game, hit .325 30 HR 120 RBIs. Grown up, all of you. (baseball people, not the good posters here) Geez, this is like 2nd grade. did you hear what Maggs said about you? Really? well here's what I have to say about that.

Thank you. I've been looking and trying to balance how much firepower I need vs. cost. I am also trying to determine if I really need anything more elaborate than a note on my calendar.

I knew that one was coming Mariotti -- Entertaining Maggs -- Did what was right for him and his family. No problem. But it's time to STFU. Media -- Our greatest defenders and one key to keeping this country great. Judges -- Checks and balances again keep this country great. Unions -- :puke You forgot Balance the budget no more trickle down, no more cut taxes and spend politics. You have to pay for what you spend. Capital Punishment -- when people are perfect and our justice system is perfect, then start killing people. Until then, Thou shall not kill Abortion -- Not a form of birth control Indecency on the air waves -- They are regulated for all of us, through the government. Not everyone and everything should be on free airwaves without controls.

In one area or another I've been working in youth programs for 20 years. Nothing screws this up faster and more completely than adults. One of my most cherished memories was a practice basketball game for 8th grade boys in a Parochial league. The refs did not show up to their $12 per night gig, and the coaches were deciding what to do. The consensus would be each team would put out an Assistant coach to make calls. I suggested the craziest idea. Call your own fouls on yourself. Let's teach these kids sportsmanship and let them know we trust them and all that. It was probably the best called game all season. Putting these kids on the honor system and they came through. Coaches, being coaches even groaned noticeably over some of the "calls", but soon started smiling and laughing and realizing we had done something right with these boys.

I love the irony. I cannot think of a player that left here saying anything nice about the franchise. I cannot blame that on Mariotti. I thought it was funny reading Ozzie's own words. But Jay is wrong. We are not a major market team. We are #2 in a split market, putting us on par with the Milwaukees of the world. We deserve what we are getting, a string of economically reasonable, breaking even, second place seasons with a strong desire to rid ourselves of any superstars and achieving the holy grail of balance, 25 guys all earning $2.7 mil per year. Maggs, the team made an offer even after you were injured, STFU and play hard for the Tigers. It wasn't like OZ or Fisk or S. Alomar where the team said, we're finished with you, hit the bricks. The treatment of Fisk IMHO, is the worse treatment a HoF player ever received. Everyone on the team grab a seat on the plane, not so fast Fisk . . .

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IMHO, Paul is the key to keeping AJ in line. If AJ and Paul emerge as strong leaders, they balance each other nicely. Spring training is too damn long. Let's count em soon.

Link Here Oh great, the guy learned his knot tying as a Scout leader. How creepy is knowing the guy that took you camping and taught you all that stuff happened to kill people on the side

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WDJ, Money doesn't buy happiness, but the lack of money certainly buys stress and unhappiness. Be certain to make enough to cover the living expenses. Is this the same job where you couldn't be who you are? That would be the biggest no way Jose to me. Rex mentioned something about the job isn't the be all in this. I remember playing a Chess tournament at Northwestern a dozen or so years ago. Beautiful building on the lake, great views, so I at least enjoyed getting trounced in my bracket. I lost in the first round to the eventual winner. As we were sitting in the kibitz room, playing over the game, we talked about what we did for a living. This guy was brilliant, very high IQ, active writer of obscure topics in equally obscure magazines, perpetual student, top flight Chess and Bridge player, and worked on an assembly line doing mindless, routine labor where he could use his brain for things he felt were important. He earned enough to pay his basic expenses. He loved his life. He commented how everyone around him hated that same job. When they asked him why he loved the job, he said love it while you have it, then love the next one. To that I would add, fake it until you make it. Go into work today and pretend it is your lifelong passion and you are excited and happy to be there. Peace my friend.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 28, 2005 -> 11:10 PM) Did you bring me back some scrapple? P.S. What the f*** is scrapple?? The original term was crapple, but the marketing guys got ahold of it and added the "s" after one of the interns that was hired to taste it said "This tastes like sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssh"

Is anyone familiar with scheduling software that will interface with Quickbooks? I am purchasing a service company that has some regularly scheduled customers and a bunch of 1 time only jobs. I want to be able to see the schedule at a glance for the next 6 months and be certain that all jobs get billed accurately.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Feb 27, 2005 -> 05:06 PM) Since you didn't answer my question from the government thread I'll ask it again here. If SS is a "saftey net" program that is supposed to "put food on the table" of the poor then why is it that those totally dependent on it for income are all living in poverty? The same reason that a worker making minimum wage is also living below the poverty level and eligible for help. We never promised you a rose garden. Those that were able to invest in their government through social security *and* invested and saved elsewhere, are living better. But hasn't America always been about some people do better than others. I would rather have a system that millionaire Mike and Fast Food Frank both get about the same SS check each month. Mike could and probably did save and accumulated more assets. Compounding interest is a beautiful thing.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 26, 2005 -> 11:04 PM) According to John Edwards, there sure as hell is. So which is it? I'd like to think it isn't, but when people that take the stance that the government has to do it all for us, from provide our retirement to provide our health care to provide us a place to live to protecting the environment, it sure gets to be a point it's us versus them, and frankly it's pathetic. This has nothing to do with profit. It has to do with keeping more and more money out of the government. Let me use lotteries as an example. I think lotteries suck, because it's the easiest form of a tax against the middle and lower class there is, you know why, because rich people don't play the lottery. And the government counts on it and preys on people. It's bull s***. Is profit involved in that? No. It's the government taking what they can in a legalized form of gambling. Watching the Dems disenfranchise voters by scaring all the old people that the GOP will steal your money is maddening. GMAFB. I am not even going to dignify that with an answer. Just call him King John I. :rolly I disagree with the patriot act, at least parts of it. But I'll leave that alone for right now. There is not two Americans, John Edwards is wrong. Am I suppose to agree with every Dem thought? The only people I know like that, are the Ditto Heads who blindly mimic someone. Since we we are bringing political quotes into this Pat is a charismatic, Pentecostal Christian and believes that you must be "born-again." This means that all Catholics and most Protestant denominations are not Christian. So which is it? See how silly the Edwards quote was? There are things that only the government can and should do. There are things that the government is the best at doing. There are things the government has no business doing. Knowing which is which, is the key. I believe there is no limit to what Americans can achieve when we pool our resources and work together. And I still believe it is a crock that we are telling our citizens that Social Security is in peril while we have unlimited money to rebuild Iraq. How about telling the Iraqi people that the Iraqi rebuilding fund will be bankrupt in 2006 unless they cut loose some $25 a barrel oil for Uncle Sam?